Strawberry & Spinach Salad

• Ingredients
• 1 bag of spinach, rinsed
• 3-4 cups sliced strawberries
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
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• Optional: 3-4 tablespoons slivered almonds; 1 Tbsp poppy seeds; 
• 1 large can drained mandarin oranges is a great substitute for strawberries.
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• Directions
• Toss together the spinach and sliced strawberries. Set aside.
• In a blender, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar & a couple strawberries. Blend for 1 minute.
• When ready to serve, pour the blended dressing over the strawberries & spinach. Toss to coat - use the amount you prefer. 
• Garnish with optional almond. Serve immediately. 
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• *This salad does not keep well in the fridge. The spinach will wilt with the dressing on it. But it will likely be devoured after you serve it anyway! It's sweet & delicious...and not to mention PRETTY & easy to throw together. At home we LOVE to serve it with grilled or bbq chicken. It's the only "salad" we can get our little boys to eat - hey, it's a start!

 

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It's a Dinosaur Birthday Party!

Romp-pomp-a chomp!

Many of you may have a Wiggles song in your head after reading my title :)

Don't worry, this is NOT a Wiggles party!

This weekend we celebrated Keston's FOURTH birthday!

Keston wanted a DINOSAUR birthday party!

Fun, right?!

We chose to have it at a park to accommodate more people - especially those with children, and hey, it's AUGUST - so one would assume it would be great weather. Well, the weather was super chilly & breezy for August :( Blaahhhh!! Setting up at a park with those conditions was extra hard.

But I still wanted to show you the decorations that we DID choose to put out.

I had trouble finding dinosaur decoration anywhere - except online...which doesn't help since I plan everything so last minute. So we used our printer, our imagination & my husband cut up a cardboard box to give the signs a rugged look. His muscles & ideas are SO helpful!

Here is our dinosaur crossing in the yard, to welcome our guests!

Pretend there are lots of green streamers hanging down like vines...that was the plan before the wind arrived.

Some of the cutest dinosaurs I've ever seen attended Keston's party!!!!

My friend Christina brought a Dino-mite Dino-Melon to the party! 

SUPER CUTE IDEA!!!

We also had Strawberry Spinach Salad at the party, which is always a HUGE favorite every time I've served it. Recipe coming tomorrow!

 AND we served the Frito Corn Salad that I recently posted. 

Here's the recipe: 

http://sisterseesisterdo.blogspot.com/2012/08/frito-corn-salad.html

Now here's what I'm wondering...

What foods do YOU like to serve at parties??

Frito Corn Salad

I am so excited to share this recipe with you! 
Some friends of ours shared it with us last summer & we thought it was incredible! 
I finally remembered to snap a picture of it when I made it recently & HERE IT IS!!!

FRITO CORN SALAD

Ingredients
2 cans yellow kernel corn, drained
½ red bell pepper, sliced and chopped
½ green bell pepper, sliced and chopped
½ red onion, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
5 oz. of chili cheese flavor Frito corn chips

Directions
1.Mix all the ingredients except the chips.
2.Add the chips in before serving otherwise the chips will get soggy.

It's SO good!

All the thank-you's go to my friend, Nikki!!!

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Pinned it & Did It - Blueberries and Cream Pie

Pinterest rocks my Kitchen!  I also love to create all the wonderful food and crafts I pin!  I always wonder when I get started how it will really go... Honestly I've had more 'failed' craft projects from pinterest than 'yippee I did and I love it' projects.  Food projects however never seem to fail me ;-)

Ode to my Pinned Pie  - this recipe ROCKS (I'll be honest I'm not a pie fan or much of a blueberry fan, but this is one I will make again!)

Pic of my pie:

It was scrumptious!!  I'm non a pie crust fan (even though this recipe is super easy and flaky).  Next time I think I'll make it with a gingersnap or graham cracker crust in a 9x13 pan.  If you try it before I do let me know what you think!!

Check out the recipe on the blog Gingerbread Bagels!!

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Sneak Peek...

It might seem like our blog has been a bit idle lately 

but it's all for good reasons!

My hands have been busy busy busy!!

Here's a little taste of what has been keeping me busy - aside from our family vacation to COLORADO SPRINGS & the regular friend & family fun that we CAN'T STOP having!

My friend asked me to make some things for her baby girl's nursery! I was so excited to jump back into sewing & also help my friend create her (2nd) dream nursery! She told me what she wanted & I went to work! 

 Now it's TWO weeks till 'it's time!'  There's more to be done, so this is just a sneak peek at what has been made sofar...

The gray, the pink, the ruffles, the bows, the damask print

It's all so beautiful & feminine.

...and I wanted to include the little inspiration for this nursery :)

Isn't she cute?!

More to come...

Love,

Julie

Sister See Sister Do's Bottle of Summer...to go!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Today we want to share a very simple idea. 

It might make your summer a little easier & a lot more fun!

It's a BOTTLE OF SUMMER - to go!!

Michelle is a working mom of two sweet little girls (11 & 7) & Julie is a stay at home mommy of three little monkeys...aka BOYS (5, 3 & 2)!! We both load our summers with one adventure after the next. If you are like us and are always on the go, you will LOVE this idea! It's GREAT for trips to the pool, the zoo, the park, the airport...Wherever there's a drinking fountain & wherever your children will be wanting a simple snack.

What we did was took reusable water bottles & stuffed them with whatever we wanted our kids to have at the pool that day. We really like the apple sauce squeezies (no spoon required), peanut butter crackers, granola bars, laffy taffy, fun dip! You get the idea. We also stuck in some water-flavoring singles (like Kool Aide) to get them drinkin'.

Needless to say, our kids think it's GREAT!!

They have a snack to keep their bellies happy 

& they fill their water bottles up to stay hydrated.

That's it!! 

Simple and fun...because that's how we roll!!!

CHECK OUT OUR BUSY KIDS WEEK POSTS FOR MORE FUN IDEAS!

We LOVE making new friends and seeing the projects/ideas of others! So if you drop by, please let us know where we can check YOU out too!! 

Love & Hugs,
The Sisters

Busy Kids Week! Day 5 - Window Painting!

Busy Kids Week

Day 5

(We apologize this post is a few days late...  We are happy to report both Sister's finally have power back after the storm that hit Ohio last week)

Window Painting!

The mess free way!

Looks like fun, doesn't it?!

...A baggie with paint in it & taped to the window.

Simple. Clean. Fun.

One day, I whipped this up & got it ready while my boys were napping. When they woke up they immediately spotted this new adventure taped to the windows.

They looked, they touched, they played!

They mixed the colors, traced design, letters & shapes with their fingers.

They spent quite a while playing with the window paints!

 It was fun to have the light shining through them from the outside so they could see their artwork!

So tell us what do YOU do to keep your kids creative and busy?  We'd love to hear your ideas - who knows they may even be featured during our next 'Busy Kids Week'!

Have a Safe and Happy 4th of July!